Unit Clerk

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $28.31 - $28.31 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
We are currently looking to fill a Casual opportunity for a Unit Clerk at **Eagle Ridge Hospital** in **Port Moody, BC.**

**Eagle Ridge Hospital**

As a community hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital provides primary and secondary acute care and some specialty services that can be accessed with or without referrals, such as 24/7 emergency, diagnostics, inpatient and outpatient care in general medicine, rehabilitation, surgery, and other specialty services such as urology, plastics, and orthopedics.

**Tri-Cities**

The Tri-Cities is an informal grouping of three lively suburban communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody and two semi-rural residential areas of Belcarra and Anmore that have grown together and are each unique from the other. These stunning communities offer urban living in a picturesque natural setting - the ideal location for the avid city-goer and outdoor enthusiast. The centrally located area of the Tri-Cities offers the perfect hybrid for all lifestyles.

**Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including**:

- Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
- Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
- Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
- Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
- Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
- TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes

Additional employee discounts and perks available

**_*Eligibility based on employment status_**

Detailed Overview: Performs various patient/resident care related duties, including transcribing physicians' orders, scheduling and booking patient/resident appointments for procedures; maintains relevant records such as patient/resident charts; performs related reception, clerical support and typing duties within a computerized environment for assigned nursing unit or residential care areas. Responsibilities:

- Transcribes physicians' orders by copying information, completing required forms and/or entering information into the computer and distributing as required.
- Schedules patient/resident activities such as diagnostic procedures, appointments or transportation by contacting appropriate departments, anaesthetists, physicians' offices or outside agencies and maintaining related records.
- Maintains patient/resident records according to established procedures by setting up charts, adding or removing forms and forwarding discharged patient records to the Health Records Department.
- Calls in relief staff according to pre-determined guidelines.
- Performs reception duties such as greeting and directing visitors, answering the telephone, taking messages, answering routine enquiries or referring as appropriate; opens and distributes mail as required.
- Assists the Care team in a variety of duties such as explaining routine procedures to patients/residents and verifying patients/residents' name.
- Porters patients to and from other departments as required; delivers and obtains specimens as required.
- Performs clerical duties such as typing, taking minutes and photocopying; maintains filing system and stock supplies for the assigned areas including storage and supply areas as required.
- Distributes mail, packages, stores supplies and flowers to patients/residents/staff.
- Maintains reports and records such as scheduling and timekeeping reports and department statistics; generates and prints off reports according to established procedures.
- Completes, summarizes and submits information according to established procedures.
- Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications**:Education and Experience**

Graduation from a Unit Clerk training program. Grade 12 plus one year's recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal effectively with others.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Ability to type at 40 w.p.m.
- Ability to organize work.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Ability to operate related equipment.